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Power engineers have completed construction of the country’s largest photovoltaic power plant that serves as a car park roof, known as carport. Double-sided panels were used, where the bottom side uses light rays reflected from the parked cars. With a capacity of 831 kWp, this new zero-emission source generates approximately 850 MWh of electricity per year, which covers the annual consumption of nearly three hundred households.

The Berlin company Forto, whose last round of $ 50 million funding was led by the CEZ Group's Inven Capital fund last autumn, has now achieved a valuation over $ 1.2 billion, becoming a so-called unicorn after five years of existence. The rapidly growing start-up in logistics has received $ 240 million from experienced global players such as Softbank, Citibank or G Squared, and current investors are increasing their investments in the company. Forto operates in Europe and Asia, has about 2,500 customers and over 500 employees. By 2025, Forto wants all transport to be climate neutral.

CEZ Group’s Dukovany II power plant has today sent out letters and started a security screening of three potential bidders for a new nuclear unit. The letters were sent to EdF of France, Westinghouse of the USA, and KHNP of South Korea. The potential bidders will submit all relevant information to ČEZ by the end of November, and the Government will then decide which potential bidders will be invited to participate in the tender.

Elektrárna Dukovany II, a ČEZ subsidiary, applied for a zoning permit today for a new nuclear source at the Dukovany site. This is the beginning of another important stage in the preparation of the construction project, but these are also administrative proceedings that have no direct connection to contractor selection. The preparation of background materials and documents took more than two years and involved approximately seventy experts.